DVD & Blu-ray: I'M STILL HERE / AINDA ESTOU AQUI (2024) - Oscar-Winning Biographical Drama Starring Fernanda Torres

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Product Description: Rio de Janeiro, early 1970s. Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. The Paivas: a father, Rubens, a mother, Eunice, and their five children live by the beach, in a rented house with doors constantly open to friends. The affection and humor they share among themselves are their own forms of resistance to the oppression that hangs over the country. One day, they experience a violent and arbitrary act that will forever change their lives.

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THE HOUSE OF SAND / CASA DE AREIA (2005) - New on Blu-ray

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Product Description: Filmed entirely on the magnificent, sandy coast of northern Brazil, Aurea's saga begins in 1910, in Maranhao, where her fanatical husband has relocated his family to start a farm. Desperate and pregnant, Aurea (Fernanda Torres) longs to return to the city, but cannot traverse the dunes with her aging mother, Maria (Fernanda Montenegro) in tow. When calamity strikes, the two women find themselves stranded. Eventually, they settle among the shifting sands and Aurea finds peace. But her passionate daughter, Maria, longs to explore the world beyond the dunes. This profound portrait of passing generations has established Andrucha Waddington as one of the most exciting directors in Brazil today.

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I'M STILL HERE (2024) - Trailer, Clip, Images and Posters

"I'm Still Here" ("Ainda Estou Aqui") is a biographical drama directed by Walter Salles ("Central Station", "The Motorcycle Diaries") from a screenplay by Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega, based on the 2015 memoir of the same name by Marcelo Rubens Paiva. The cast includes Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Selton Mello, Valentina Herszage and Marjorie Estiano. For the lead role, Torres became the first Brazilian actress to win the Golden Globe for acting. The film received a limited release in US theaters on January 17, 2025.

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